2015 AVP Treasure Hunt

Today 9 (AVP) Pedallers and 2 (AVR) Runners met for AVP August Monthly Ride, 'The 2015 Treasure Hunt'. Having been on Sabbatical these past 20 days, I've had a little bit of time available to work on route and questions, and this post outlines how the day went.

We formed into 4 teams:

• Team 1 - BarBunny, Quiff, Bean and Jean 
• Team 2 - Dave, Barry and Buster
• Team 3 - Becca and Roger 
• Team 4 - Jon and Ethan

Maps, clues and instructions were given and Teams 1 - 3 headed off on their different paths in search of treasure. Team 4 missed the grand depart by up to 30 minutes but cunningly made contact with Team 1 and secured from them the required instructions.

BarBunny was suffering with a back injury but braved 4 of the towns before Bean, being carried by Quiff, needed food and Jean took one for the team, going it alone to secure the treasure from the last town, Beer, with just seconds to spare. Jon and Ethan while starting last, raced their way around the map finishing ahead of all, youth on their side! Dave, Barry and Buster stormed around following their master plan efficiently splitting their resources, while Becca and Roger picked off each clue with profound wisdom and surgical precision.

Of the 34 pieces of treasure (points for answers) available to each team, the haul of the hunters amounted to:

• Team 1 - 29 pieces, all locations visited, all treasure found in 2 locations 
• Team 2 - 21 pieces, all locations visited, all treasure found in 1 location
• Team 3 - 33 pieces, all locations visited, all treasure found in 4 locations 
• Team 4 - 22 pieces, all locations visited, all treasure found in 0 locations

There were 4 'awards':

• Team 3 - Yellow Jersey - for the team collecting the highest value of treasure, Becca and Roger were the overall winners .. indeed the one missing piece of treasure Roger actually had but did not submit .. so really they achieved an amazing 100%.
• Team 2 - Green Jersey - for the team visiting the most locations and collecting treasure to a value of at least 3 from each 
• Team 1 - KoM Jersey - for the team collecting all the treasure available from the most locations
• Team 4 - Lanterne rouge!

If anyone is down this way and would like to do this treasure hunt, here are the questions. Just drop your answer sheet back to me and I'll be happy to score it.

The weather was kind and I think all enjoyed the challenge and a bit of gentle pedalling. I am hoping we can now make this an annual event.